At Pu Dianjun's home in Chengdu, several members of the constitutionalist faction were discussing with Pu Dianjun about "state-owned railways", when a subordinate of the family suddenly walked in.

"Sir..."

"You're back?" Pu Dianjun, who had a round face and was slightly chubby, glanced at his subordinates. "How's the invitation?" This is the person sent by Pu Dianjun to send an invitation to Yan Guang.

"Back to the master..."The subordinate glanced at Pu Dianjun cautiously. Mr. Song, the general manager of Huasheng Company, said that Mr. Yan went to the construction site and did not have time..."

Hearing what his subordinates said, Pu Dianjun's face darkened. "Hmph, what's not there, it's clear that I'm afraid I don't dare to get involved..."

Luo Lun on the side persuaded. "Forget it, Bo Ying, since people don't dare to get involved, we can't force people..."

"yes, yes," the others chimed in.

"Humph!" Pu Dianjun snorted heavily. "Originally, I wanted him to be the vice president of the Baolu Comrade Association, but now it seems..." Jincai, this vice president is still up to you! ”

"This..."Luo Lun hesitated.

Pu Dianjun ignored Luo Lun and turned directly to several other people. "What do you think?"

"This..."The other people looked at each other, and felt that there were really no other candidates, so they nodded in agreement.

At this time, almost all of the leaders in Pu Dianjun's family were the leaders of the constitutionalist faction, and their agreement meant that there was no controversy within the constitutionalist faction.

Luo Lun saw that everyone agreed, so he also nodded in agreement.

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The so-called constitutionalists in the late Qing Dynasty were actually a collection of gentry and merchants, to paraphrase what we often say, the landlord class and the comprador class (bourgeoisie).

Although no one knows exactly where he is from, whether it is Huasheng Company, which has more than 20,000 employees, or the "Chengqing" highway that has completed one-third of it, Yan Guang has a great influence in Sichuan.

Outside Sichuan, Yan Guang's name is even better than Pu Dianjun and others, which is why Pu Dianjun wants to invite Yan Guang and even pull him into the constitutionalists.

It's a pity that although Pu Dianjun wants to pull Yan Guang into the constitutionalism, Yan Guang doesn't look down on the other party at all. Because in Yan Guang's view, the so-called constitutionalists are actually capitulation and compromise...

If we say that it is serious, it is not unavoidable that they are thieves who stole the fruits of the revolution (Guizhou incident).

Thinking about Zhao Erfeng who caused the Chengdu bloody case, he chose to compromise with the revolutionary party because of the bad situation, Pu Dianjun and others actually accepted it happily, and as a result, Zhao Erfeng could continue to live in the governor's palace to give orders, and caused a mutiny in the following year, driving Pu Dianjun and others out of Chengdu, and finally Yin Changheng came forward to put down the mutiny.

And the Yunnan army and the Shu army political axe also because Pu Dianjun did not kill Zhao Erfeng, but compromised with him, so they did not disrecognize the Han Sichuan military and political axe. The Shu military political axe invited the Yunnan army into Sichuan to settle the Chengdu military and political axe for himself, but later because the military discipline of the Yunnan army was not good, and Yin Changheng also killed Zhao Erfeng, so the Yunnan army would withdraw from Sichuan...

It's a pity that Yin Changheng and Cai Yi were tricked into Yanjing by Yuan Shikai together, although Cai Ye ran away, Yin Changheng still stayed there, otherwise Sichuan would not be as chaotic as it was later.

Based on these alone, it seems that it is not impossible to say that Pu Dianjun is a scumbag with a combat strength of less than 5.

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On June 1, 1911, Sheng Xuanhuai, the secretary of the Ministry of Posts and Communications, and Duan Fang, the minister of supervision, jointly sent a "song telegram" to Zhang Renjun, the governor of Sichuan, and informed Zhang Renjun of the handling of the Sichuan-Han Railway shares.

Although Zhang Renjun is a conservative and stubborn old man, he is not stupid to sit in the position of governor after all, and when he saw Sheng Xuanhuai and Duanfang's "song telegram", he also knew that if the content was announced, the whole Sichuan would fall into chaos, so he actually suppressed this telegram.

However, on June 7, Sheng Xuanhuai and Duanfang Youdian Li Jixun, the premier of the Sichuan-Han Railway Company in Yichang, asked if they had seen the "song telegram", and Li Jixun immediately called the Chengdu head office, which in turn inquired about the governor's office. In the absence of a way, Zhang Renjun could only announce the content of "Song Dian".

After the telegram was announced, the whole Sichuan was in an uproar, and at this time, Pu Dianjun and others also hurriedly held a special meeting, although there were still many shareholders who did not arrive in Chengdu at this time, but they also had to advance the formation time of the "Baolu Comrade Association".

On the 13th, the loan contract of the four countries was sent to Chengdu, Luo Lun drafted an article, refuted it one by one, and united more than 2,400 people to ask Zhang Renjun to play on behalf of the imperial court. Deng Xiaoke, editor-in-chief of Shu Daily, was furious, and he published his title of "Traitorous Postal Department! Traitor Sheng Xuanhuai" as the title, scolding "Minister Sheng betrayed the slave".

On June 17, the water on Yuefu Street in Chengdu was impassable. After the start of the conference, Luo Lun, Deng Xiaoke, Liu Shengyuan and others spoke one after another, and they burst into tears. Luo Lun ascended the altar, waved to the audience, and said: "The Sichuan-Han Railway is over!" Sichuan is also finished, and China is also finished! After saying that, he cried, and suddenly the audience was full of crying, and even the policemen present were crying. The crying lasted for twenty or thirty minutes. Then Luo Lun slammed his fist on the table and shouted: "We have to swear to oppose it!" We must organize a temporary organ to resist in unison, to the end! Merchants strike! Workers on strike! Students go on strike! Peasants resist paying taxes! The audience shouted "yes!" The Baolu Comrade Association was established, with the president holding Pu Dianjun and the vice president holding Luo Lun.

At the same time, the conference temporarily moved, and all the participants went to the governor's yamen to petition Zhang Renjun and asked to perform on his behalf. Zhang Renjun expressed sympathy for the masses when he saw it, saying that as long as it was related to the national economy and people's livelihood, he should fight for it no matter how reasoned. On the 17th, Zhang Renjun sent a telegram to the cabinet: "Before the beginning of this day, various groups gathered for a meeting, and about 2,000 people attended, and they spoke about the relationship between the contract and the survival of the country. "But the urgency of grief is unusual." On the 19th, Zhang Renjun said again: "All groups in Chengdu gathered at the railway company meeting, and more than 1,000 people attended to discuss the relationship between the contract and the survival of the national railway. It is said that the texts and speeches on the difficulties of railway contracts have come out one after another, and they cannot be forbidden, and they cannot be prevented. At the same time, he asked for the crime of deceiving the king and the country, and asked for the punishment of the crime of deceiving the king and misleading the country, and asked to punish himself as "the same crime", and "to thank Sheng Xuanhuai".

(Historically, it was Wang Wenwen who said these words, and Wang Wenwen and Zhao Erfeng were both against it.) ）

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A lot of the above is a bit of information, but I think it's essential...